Infant Latch, the Jaw and Tongue
Learn observation, interrogation and correlation skills for assessing the latch, jaw, and tongue in babies. This course is packed with useful information so you can understand latch disorders with confidence.
Learn faulty latch behaviours and relate them to the anatomical "trouble areas"... no more guessing. Once you do the course you will realize... ah! this all makes so much sense! This course includes a sneak peak of our other amazing courses: Birth Injuries, Infant Cranium, TOTS and Intra Oral.
Taught by Joanne Lynne (see "About Us" page for credentials).
1 hour of continuing education
Course Instructor & Outline
- Observation and interrogation (history taking) skills, develop critical thinking
- Formulate treatment goals, adjust treatment plans
- Understand delays in, or lack of, improvement in oral function
- Lactation problems, poor suckling mechanics, compensation patterns for oral dysfunction
- Behaviours indicating poor latch or presence of functional disorders
- Mandible muscular anatomy related to function (suckling mechanics)
- How head shape issues and birth forces affect the jaw
- Fascial dysfunction through the throat and floor of mouth
- Low resting tongue posture vs. ankyloglossia
- Tethered oral tissue signs and symptoms
- Impact of poor tongue elevation on jaw formation
- When to refer to a release provider
- Treating sublingual fascial binding
- Considerations for OMT before a tongue-tie release
- Apply osteopathic methodology to various clinical situations
- Vigilance over oral function problems and when to re-book babies
- Videos of good latch and suckling, vs. poor latch with gagging
- Videos of early latch vs. later (3 month latch), bottle vs. breast feeding
Joanne Lynne is the course instructor and content creator for this course. Her accreditations are a Masters of Osteopathic Manipulative Sciences (MOMSc.), a certificate in paediatric cranio-sacral therapy, and B.Sc. in Physics. She has studied paediatric osteopathy under Registered Osteopaths Dr. Jonathan Evans (UK) and (UK) and Miranda Clayton (UK).
Why take this course?
It's great for manual therapists or lactation consultants who want to know more about jaw and tongue problems. These affect the latch significantly.
Babies hold their secrets closely... don't we all wish they could talk?
Learn how to interpret what is wrong with the latch and suckle. The mystery is solved when you take this course!
Great presentation, flowcharts, photos, anatomy, & more
By the time you are done watching the video, you will be excited to use your new skills. Review it after a few months to see how much you have improved in your assessments and critical thinking. We often don't retain every single new concept after just one viewing. You get 6 months of access to this course.
When should I take this course?
You can take this course as a beginner although the content is a bit more advanced. Wait! Don't let that worry you... you will still understand all of the material and concepts, no problem there! You know why? Because the material is very logical. Be aware, you may wish to complete other "starter courses" if you don't work much on babies at the moment.
More seasoned paediatric therapists and LCs will highly benefit from the viewpoints and critical thinking skills of this course. You may already know a lot about treating babies but the jaw and latch can be mysterious subjects. You'll be an expert after taking this course.